Spotlight on Overdose: An Interview With AIVL CEO Jake Docker
Despite being an abject failure from its inception, the war on drugs continues and its casualties are mounting. Although its victims are not illicit substances, and nor are they those who profiteer from their manufacture or trafficking. Those who’ve primarily...
Decriminalising Drugs to Save Lives: An Interview With Reason Leader Fiona Patten
“The global war on drugs has failed, with devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world,” declared the Global Commission on Drug Policy, in its June 2011 report. And the commission holds serious weight being made up of leading intellectuals and...
Judge Declares Banksia Hill Kids Prison Dehumanising, as Class Action Mounts
As a 15-year-old boy came before the WA Children’s Court, it was heard that during his time in the state’s only child prison, Banksia Hill, he’d been kept in a tiny isolation cell with an observational wall for 79 of...
How Putin’s “Reclaiming” of Ukraine Could Spark Dutton’s War on China
The invasion of Ukraine has shocked the globe, as all wars do. Carnage carries horror whether it’s in Kyiv, Baghdad or Kabul. However, Putin’s push to take over Russia’s southwestern neighbour carries a number of possible repercussions that the US occupations...
Parents Prosecuted Over Son’s Alleged Crimes
Recently in the United States, a District Court Judge ordered the parents of a 15-year old boy who has been charged with killing four students at his Michigan high school to stand trial. Both parents face charges of involuntary manslaughter....
Should Parents be Held Responsible for the Crimes of their Children?
James and Jennifer Crumbley, the parents of 15-year old Ethan Crumbley, who opened fire at Oxford High School in Michigan will face trial in the United States on charges of involuntary manslaughter, which carries a maximum penalty of 15 years...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 21 to 27 February 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Is Failing to Disclose HIV/AIDS Status Before Sexual Intercourse a Criminal Offence? A Sydney man who did not inform his sexual partner that he had...
Multiple National Security Bills Facilitate Dutton’s ASD Domestic Target Wet Dream
News Corp exposed the content of some leaked correspondence in April 2018 that involved home affairs secretary Mike Pezzullo and defence secretary Greg Moriarty spitballing the idea of turning international spying agency the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) on domestic targets. Pezzullo,...
Police Found Guilty of Depriving George Floyd of His Rights
The three former police officers who were involved in the fatal arrest of George Floyd have been found guilty of depriving him of his rights in the moments before his death. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao were found...
Sexual Consent Education to be Introduced into Australian Schools
Around this time last year, Chantel Contos began a discussion on social media about sexual assaults within schools, and the lack of consent education for teenagers. As the conversation went viral, teens and young women came forward with accounts of...
